Latin American Software Giant Globant Debuts on the NYSE

It isn’t very often that one hears of a Latin American company listing on the NYSE. Last month, Argentina-based Globant went public on the NYSE, becoming the first Latin American Software Services company to list on the exchange. Initial stock price movement suggests that the listing has been received positively by the market.

Roundtable Recap: August 14 – Be Careful About Funding Assumptions

Today’s roundtable has a couple of very early stage concepts. Local Etail First, Dinesh Goel from Mumbai, India, pitched Local Etail, a service for small, local retailers in various Indian geographies to offer e-commerce capabilities, including 4-hour delivery. While I share Dinesh’s enthusiasm for the Indian e-commerce market, and believe that it will become humongous

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Matthew Dornquast, CEO of Code42 (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What would some of those examples be? Matthew Dornquast: If you think in terms of just backing up endpoint devices, that makes sense. But still a large chunk of them would say, “If it’s important, it should be in the cloud or it should be in the server room. Therefore, I should need to

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226th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 226th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, August 14, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

226th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 226th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, August 14, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Matthew Dornquast, CEO of Code42 (Part 1)

This interview puts the spotlight on a very interesting topic: how companies that primarily monetize through their enterprise/B2B business and use B2C offerings to test software as well as to generate leads. In the cloud storage business, we’re seeing very interesting trends, and Matthew explains the rationale and the analysis very well. Great conversation! Sramana Mitra:

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Thursday, August 14th – 226th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 226th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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225th Roundtable Recording On August 7, 2014

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: